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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, William Shakespeare, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Shakespeare-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original play. These classic plays...
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Measure for Measure - William Shakespeare - Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. Originally published in the First Folio of 1623, where it was listed as a comedy, the play's first recorded performance occurred in 1604. The play's main themes include justice, "mortality and mercy in Vienna," and the dichotomy between corruption and purity: "some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall." Mercy...
Author
Publisher
New Directions
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Caedmon is proud to release this archival full-cast recording of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire on cd for the first time! Blanche DuBois arrives at her sister Stella's New Orleans apartment seeking refuge from a troubled past-but her ethereal spirit irks Stella's husband, the loutish Stanley Kowalski. Crudely, relentlessly, he unmasks the lies and delusions that sustain Blanche, until her frail hold on reality is shockingly severed....
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Season Three brings us the continuing lives of a group of sisters, Alex, Georgie , Teddy, Frankie and Charley. They deal with life, love, children, death, divorce, marriage and virtually everything else. All through they are held together by their mother, Bea.
6) 3 days to go
Publisher
Figjam Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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When their father passes away, four grown siblings gather with their collection of husbands, wives, children, and grandchildren. Together, this crazy family needs to survive each other for three days. As the siblings re-examine their shared history and their tattered relationships, they learn how miserable they have become in their lives and how they can no longer blame someone else for their decisions.
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Reserved yoga instructor May lives a peaceful, clean-living life with her boyfriend. Her carefully maintained equilibrium is thrown out of balance by the arrival of her long-lost sister Shiva; a street-smart yet naive young woman caught working the streets and in an abusive relationship. May feels compelled to rescue the hapless Shiva but as she takes steps to pull Shiva back from the edge she finds herself increasingly drawn out of her sedate world...
13) Broken diamonds
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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In the wake of his father's death, a twenty-something writer sees his dream of moving to Paris put in jeopardy when he's forced to temporarily take in his wildly unpredictable, mentally ill sister.
14) The silent twins
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Based on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, real-life identical twins who grew up in Wales and became known as "the silent twins" because of their refusal to communicate with anyone but each other.
15) Brothers
Publisher
Reliance Home Video & Games, a division of Reliance Big Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Language
Hindi
Description
Prize-fighters David and Monty are bitterly estranged brothers - who wins when they face each other in the ring?
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tragedy rocks Teddy's life, causing her to return to her self destructive ways. Frankie creates an opportunity for herself that finds her pondering life away from the ones she loves most. Georgie falls under the influence of a therapist, bringing a shocking upheaval to her past, present, and future.
19) Frenzy
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A group of friends run a popular travel vlog that helps fund their adventures. Paige, the leader of the group, includes her younger sister, Lindsey, for the next scuba diving trip to an isolated cove. But when their plane crashes, the two sisters must use their strength, resourcefulness and immense courage to survive a pack of great white sharks.
Publisher
Viva Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Life at home is a struggle for nine-year-old Johannes: his mother has recently passed away, his father is preoccupied, and his older sister has no time for him. Then one night Johannes discovers Wiplala, a little man with magical powers who lives in the kitchen cupboard. Johannes is thrilled to have a friend all his own; until one of Wipala's spells accidentally shrinks him and his family down to four inches in height!
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